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Despite declines in NW Europe this species is still common throughout Iberia.
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Photo Properties
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS-1D Mark II
Aperture Value
f/7.1
Exposure Bias Value
0 EV
Exposure Program
Aperture Priority
Flash
No Flash
Focal Length
420 mm
ISO
200
Metering Mode
Multi-Segment
Shutter Speed Value
1/1000 sec
Date/Time
Tue 06 Apr 2010 10:34:04 AM EDT
English Crested Lark
Scientific (Galerida cristata)
Order PASSERIFORMES
Family (Latin) Alaudidae
Family (English) Larks
Other name(s) Cochevis huppé
Breeding Regions PAL, AF
Breeding Range Subregions widespread
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Countries (BETA)map Afghanistan,Albania,Algeria,Andorra,Armenia,Austria,Azerbaijan,Bahrain,Belarus,Belgium, Benin,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Bulgaria,Burkina Faso,Cameroon,Central African Republic,Chad,China,Croatia,Cyprus, Czech Republic,Denmark,Djibouti,Egypt,Equatorial Guinea,Eritrea,Estonia,Ethiopia,Finland,France, Gambia,Georgia,Germany,Ghana,Gibraltar,Greece,Guinea,Guinea-Bissau,Hungary,India - mainland, Iran,Iraq,Israel,Italy,Ivory Coast,Jordan,Kazakhstan,Kenya,Kuwait,Kyrgyzstan, Latvia,Lebanon,Libya,Liechtenstein,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Macedonia,Mali,Mauritania,Moldova, Mongolia,Montenegro,Morocco,Nepal,Netherlands,Niger,Nigeria,North Korea,Norway,Oman, Pakistan,Palestine,Poland,Portugal,Qatar,Romania,Russia,Saudi Arabia,Senegal,Serbia, Sierra Leone,Slovakia,Slovenia,Somalia,South Korea,South Sudan,Spain,Sudan,Sweden,Switzerland, Syria,Tajikistan,Togo,Tunisia,Turkey,Turkmenistan,Ukraine,United Arab Emirates,Uzbekistan,Western Sahara, Yemen,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
pallida Iberian Pen.
halfae s Egypt and n Sudan
altirostris e Sudan and Eritrea
somaliensis s Ethiopia, n Somalia and n Kenya
balsaci coastal Mauritania
senegallensis Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia to Niger
alexanderi n Nigeria to w Sudan and ne Central African Republic
isabellina c Sudan
cinnamomina w Lebanon and nw Israel
zion s Turkey to ne Israel
subtaurica c Turkey to sw Turkmenistan and n Iran
magna c Iran and c Turkmenistan to nw Pakistan, Kazakhstan, s Mongolia and nw China
leautungensis ne, e China
coreensis Korean Pen.
lynesi n Pakistan
maculata c Egypt
nigricans Nile Delta (n Egypt)
jordansi Aïr Mts. (Niger)
cristata s Scandinavia and France e to Ukraine and Hungary
neumanni wc Italy
apuliae s Italy and Sicily
meridionalis e Croatia to c Greece and w Turkey
cypriaca Rhodes, Karpathos and Cyprus
tenuirostris e Hungary and Romania to s Russia and Kazakhstan
caucasica e Aegean is., n Turkey and s Caucasus
kleinschmidti nw Morocco
riggenbachi w Morocco
carthaginis ne Morocco to n Tunisia
arenicola ne Algeria, s Tunisia and nw Libya
festae coastal ne Libya
brachyura inland ne Libya to s Iraq and n Arabia
helenae se Algeria and sw Libya
chendoola c, e Pakistan through w, n India to s Nepal
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by (Linnaeus, 1758)
German Haubenlerche
French Cochevis huppé
Chinese 凤头百灵
Japanese カンムリヒバリ
Russian Хохлатый жаворонок
Spanish Cogujada común
Portuguese cotovia-de-poupa
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Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
EU Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)